Articles on Path to Liberation
न तोषात् परं सुखम्
Jain Bharati, 2003
The text discusses the concept of samsara (the cycle of birth and death) and the means to attain liberation from it. Samsara is described as a realm of immense suffering, where beings experience constant pain from birth, old age, and death, with no moment of…
शीलन
Jain Bharati, 2000
A disciple of the Buddha named Moggallana asked the Buddha: "Will all those who have attained the path be certainly freed from the world's sufferings?" The Buddha, who was of the Shakya clan, replied to Moggallana: "Do you know the way to Rajagriha (a city)?"…
स्वद्रव्य
Jain Vidya, 1990
The text presents a philosophical discourse on the nature of the self (ātman) and the path to liberation. It describes the self as being free from evil karmas, incomparable, eternal, pure, and having knowledge as its body. This self is identified as one's own…
Dialogues that led to the Unification of Jaina Church – Section 1: Between Kesi and Gautama
Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1987
This section retells a legend from the Uttarādhyayana Sūtra describing how two disciples—Kesi, representing the four‑vow tradition of the earlier Tīrthaṅkara Pārśva, and Gautama, representing Mahavira’s five‑vow tradition—met and reconciled their schools.…
जैन कर्म.... बन्धन और मुक्ति की प्रक्रिया
By Sagarmal Jain · Sambodhi, 1980
यह लेख जैन कर्म सिद्धान्त का विस्तार से परिचय कराता है और बताता है कि आत्मा किस प्रकार कर्मों के कारण बन्धन में पड़ती है तथा उनसे मुक्ति कैसे पाती है। लेखक समझाते हैं कि कर्म मात्र नैतिक परिणाम नहीं बल्कि सूक्ष्म द्रव्य कण हैं जो भावों और कृत्यों के कारण…
On the Religion of Canakya
By Jyoti Prasad Jain · Jain Journal A Quarterly on Jainology, 1974
The article "On the Religion of Canakya" by Jyoti Prasad Jain examines the religious affiliation of Canakya, the reputed author of the Arthasastra and chief architect of the first historical Indian empire. The author argues that Canakya, also known as…
Jainism
By H. Warren · The Jaina Gazette, 1927
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion and philosophy centered on the teachings of omniscient beings, notably Mahavira (c. 527 BCE). It posits six fundamental substances constituting the universe: space, time (debated as real or figurative), two ethers…